Improvement in cotton-bale ties



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. PHILP, OF HUMBOLDT, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,803, dated May 25,1875; application filed March 23, 1875.

CASE A.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN W. PHILP, ofHumboldt, in the county of Gibson and State of Tennessee, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Bale Tie; and 1 do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

The tie is of wire drawn round the bale and interlocked at its ends. Thepeculiarity of this look forms my present improvement; and it consistsin making the tie directly within a coil and clasp upon one end of thewire, by passing the other end first through the clasp and then throughthe coil before its final fastening with the clasp, whereby a verysimple and effective tie is obtained with the lock made directly throughthe coil, which sustains all the strain.

The drawings represent a bale bound by my improved wire tie.

The wire-strand 20 has a single or double coil, 0, formed near one end,and the end itself is formed into a cross-clasp, (Z. The tie is madedirectly with the coil 0, by passing the other end of the wire throughthe coil before interlocking it with the clasp, so that the strain isborne wholly within the coil.

By passing the wire through the coil the tie is made more secure thanwhen passed round on the outside of the coil, and confined by a pinpassed through the coil, and overlapping the double strands of the tieend.

I claim- The wire bale-tie having the coil 0 near one end, and passingthe other end through it before it is brought into the clasp d at theend of the coiled end of the wire for final fastening, as shown anddescribed.-

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have affixed mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. PHILP.

Witnesses:

JNo. P. JOHNSON, M. H. J OHNSON.

